[Rd] [FORGED] Re: Replaying a recorded plot (mixed base and grid) from pdf() in cairo_pdf() crashes R

[Paul Murrell]

Hi

I see it too.  No, it is not supposed to do that (!).
Will take a look.  Thanks for reporting!

Paul

On 21/02/17 05:30, Yihui Xie wrote:
> A quick follow-up: I just used cairo_pdf() as the recording device,
> and it crashes R as well, so it is probably not relevant to pdf() but
> an issue specific to cairo_pdf().
>
> cairo_pdf()
> dev.control('enable')
>
> library("grid")
> plot(1)
> grid.text("A")
>
> res = recordPlot()
> dev.off()
>
> cairo_pdf()
> replayPlot(res)
> dev.off()
>
>
> Regards,
> Yihui
> --
> https://yihui.name
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder if this is expected or I'm doing a wrong thing.
>>
>> pdf()
>> dev.control('enable')
>>
>> library("grid")
>> plot(1)
>> grid.text("A")
>>
>> res = recordPlot()
>> dev.off()
>>
>> cairo_pdf()
>> replayPlot(res)
>> dev.off()
>>
>>
>>  *** caught segfault ***
>> address 0x4, cause 'memory not mapped'
>>
>>
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
>> Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.3
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_3.3.2 yaml_2.1.14
>>
>> Regards,
>> Yihui
>> --
>> https://yihui.name
>
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